Identification and characterization of ace2-type acetylcholinesterase in insecticide-resistant and -susceptible parasitoid wasp Oomyzus sokolowskii (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Mol Biol Rep. 2014 Nov;41(11):7525-34. doi: 10.1007/s11033-014-3640-5. Epub 2014 Jul 30.

Abstract

A full-length acetylcholinesterase (AChE) cDNA sequence (Os-ace2.s) from insecticide-susceptible (S) parasitoid Oomyzus sokolowskii (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and a partial cDNA sequence (Os-ace2.r) from insecticide- resistant (R) O. sokolowskii were identified firstly. Both Os-ace2.s (encoding a protein of 639 amino acid residues) and Os-ace2.r (encoding a protein of 530 amino acid residues) contained the typical conserved motifs, including FGESAGdomains, catalytic triad, acyl pocket, three oxy-anino hole, choline binding site, peripheral anionic site, omega loop and conserved aromatic residues. The multiple alignment and Blast results indicated that Os-ace2.s were ace2 member of AChE gene. There were three replacements of the amino acid residues (Glu 115 Leu, Phe 394 Leu, and Lys 424 Arg) between Os-ace2.s and Os-ace2.r. The ace2 of O. sokolowskii was the AChE gene firstly isolated from hymenopteran parasitoid so far. R O. sokolowskii displayed about 15-20-folds resistance ratios to methamidophos and avermectin. The bimolecular rate constant (k i) value in S O. sokolowskii was 3.8-folds for methamidophos and 12.3 for dichlorvos, respectively higher than those in R O. sokolowskii. The results indicated that the insensitive AChE and replacements of the amino acid residues in Os-ace2 might be involved in the resistance to methamidophos in R O. sokolowskii.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / genetics*
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • China
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Computational Biology
  • Conserved Sequence / genetics
  • DNA Primers / genetics
  • DNA, Complementary / biosynthesis
  • Insecticide Resistance / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Organothiophosphorus Compounds
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Wasps / enzymology*
  • Wasps / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Organothiophosphorus Compounds
  • methamidophos
  • Acetylcholinesterase